Patents

PATENT NUMBER 4,675,706
Pressure-sensitive record material 

Abstract

Disclosed is a pressure-sensitive record unit which comprises a top sheet having coated on the underside thereof solid color former material and a bottom sheet having coated on the upper side thereof a coating comprising solid color developer material and microcapsules containing a liquid solvent for the color former. Such a record unit makes possible the unexpectedly efficient utilization of the color former material. It furthermore permits the printing application of some of the components, resulting in even more efficient utilization of color former material and elimination of undesirable side effects of printed record units taught in the prior art.

 

Current U.S. Class:	503/210; 427/150; 503/207; 503/212; 503/213; 503/226
Intern'l Class:	B41M 005/22
Field of Search:	346/213,215,226,200,207,210-212,216-221,225 427/150-152

Chemicals Referenced

"color former material is selected from the group consisting of crystal violet lactone, 3-diethylamino-6-methyl-7-anilinofluoran; 3-diethylamino-6-methyl-7-(2',4'-dimethylanilino)-fluoran; 7-(1-ethyl-2-methylindol-3-yl)-7-(4-diethylamino-2-ethoxyphenyl)-5,7-dihyd rofuro[3,4-b]pyridin-5-one; 7-(1-octyl-2-methylindol-3-yl)-7-(4-diethylamino-2-ethoxyphenyl)-5,7-dihyd rofuro[3,4-b]pyridin-5-one; and 3,3-bis(1-octyl-2-methylindol-3-yl)phthalide; crystal violet lactone; aromatic carboxylic acids and metal salts thereof; phenol-formaldehyde polymers and metal-modified phenolic resin; phenol-formaldehyde polymers and metal-modified phenolic resins; metal-modified phenolic resin; ethyldiphenylmethane, benzylxylenes and alkyl biphenyls; propylbiphenyl and butylbiphenyl; sec-butylbiphenyl; zinc-modified para-octylphenol-formaldehyde resin." "Eligible color formers for use in the present invention include, but are not limited to, Crystal Violet Lactone [3,3-bis(4-dimethylaminophenyl)-6-dimethylaminophthalide (U.S. Pat. No. Re. 23,024)]; phenyl-, indol-, pyrrol-, and carbazol-substituted phthalides (for example, in U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,491,111; 3,491,112; 3,491,116; 3,509,174); nitro-, amino-, amido-, sulfon amido-, aminobenzylidene-, halo-, anilino-substituted fluorans (for example, in U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,624,107; 3,627,787; 3,641,011; 3,642,828; 3,681,390); spirodipyrans (U.S. Pat. No. 3,971,808); and pyridine and pyrazine compounds (for example, in U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,775,424 and 3,853,869). Other specifically eligible chromogenic compounds, not limiting the invention in any way, are; 3-diethylamino-6-methyl-7-anilinofluoran (U.S. Pat. No. 3,681,390); 3-diethylamino-6-methyl-7-(2',4'-dimethylanilino)-fluoran; 7-(1-ethyl-2-methylindol-3-yl)-7-(4-diethylamino-2-ethoxyphenyl)-5,7-dihyd rofuro[3,4-b]pyridin-5-one (U.S. Pat. No. 4,246,318); 3-diethylamino-7-(2-chloroanilino)fluoran (U.S. Pat. No. 3,920,510); 3-(N-methylcyclohexylamino)-6-methyl-7-anilinofluoran (U.S. Pat. No. 3,959,571); 7-(1-octyl-2-methylindol-3-yl)-7-(4-diethylamino-2-ethoxyphenyl)-5,7-dihyd rofuro[3,4-b]pyridin-5-one; 3-diethylamino-7,8-benzofluoran; 3,3-bis(1-ethyl-2-methylindol-3-yl)phthalide; 3,3-bis(1-octyl-2-methylindol-3-yl)phthalide; 3-diethylamino-7-anilinofluoran; 3-diethylamino-7-benzylaminofluoran; 3'-phenyl-7-dibenzylamino-2,2'-spiro-di[2H-1-benzopyran]; and mixtures of any two or more of the above." "); phenolic developers (U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,244,550 and 4,573,063); acidic polymeric material such as phenol-formaldehyde polymers, etc. (U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,455,721 and 3,672,935); and metal-modified phenolic resins (U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,732,120; 3,737,410; 4,165,102; 4,165,103; 4,166,644 and 4,188,456)." "urea-formaldehyde resin and/or melamine-formaldehyde resin as disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,001,140; 4,081,376; 4,089,802; 4,100,103; 4,105,823; 4,444,699; or 4,552,811." "ethyldiphenylmethane (U.S. Pat. No. 3,996,405); benzyxylenes (U.S. Pat. No. 4,130,299); alkyl biphenyls such as propylbiphenyl (U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,627,581) and butylbiphenyl (U.S. Pat. No. 4,287,074); dialkyl phthalates in which the alkyl groups thereof have from 4 to 13 carbon atoms, e.g. dibutyl phthalate, dioctylphthalate, dinonyl phthalate and ditridecylphthalate; 2,2,4-trimethyl-1,3-pentanediol diisobutyrate (U.S. Pat. No. 4,027,065); C.sub.10 -C.sub.14 alkyl benzenes such as dodecyl benzene; alkyl or aralkyl benzoates such as benzyl benzoate; alkylated naphthalenes such as dipropylnaphthalene (U.S. Pat. No. 3,806,463); partially hydrogenated terphenyls; high-boiling straight or branched chain hydrocarbons."